There's a nice long thread with lots of contributions by various Downers here:
If LotR had been written by someone else
That thread has traditionally been located on the Books forum for so long that it has not been moved to Mirth. For those who would prefer to post here, I will leave this thread open for now.
If you would like to contribute a new parody tale, please use the above-linked thread so that there will be no confusion when searching. Thanks!
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'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth..
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